| Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | December 4, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–2000 | |||
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| Length | 122:23 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| The Essential Mariah Carey | ||||
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Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released on December 4, 2001, by Columbia Records. Released after her departure from Columbia, the album contains most of Carey's singles from 1990 to 2000 during her tenure at the label, including her then fifteen US number-one singles, and the UK number-one hits "Without You" and "Against All Odds".
Following criticism by critics and Carey herself about the decision to only include US number-one hits in her first greatest hits album, #1's (1998), Greatest Hits was developed as a double-disc album that allowed for a more comprehensive collection of songs throughout Carey's career, and was also updated to include two songs that reached number-one after the release of #1's. The album peaked at number fifty-two on the US Billboard 200 and number seven on the UK Albums Chart, and achieved platinum certifications in various countries, including double-platinum in the US, and triple-platinum in the UK and Australia.
Greatest Hits was re-released as The Essential Mariah Carey on January 10, 2011 internationally, as part of Legacy Recordings's Essential series, and features the same track listing. The US edition, released on April 24, 2012, replaces some tracks with extended mix versions and additional non-single tracks, selected by Carey.
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